Chapter 368
Chapter 368
Even when Zac had made it clear from the beginning that he wanted to pursue her, Chris had still held back when he went after him.
Later, when the Davis family and the Zeller family teamed up against Xander Corporation, Chris still hadn’t touched Eugene.
It wasn’t hard to guess why Chris had finally made a move now.
It was because of Winter.
Winter wasn’t especially surprised. When Chris wanted to ruin someone, he would never handle it politely.
William added, “Zac is getting engaged the day after tomorrow. I heard he and his fiancée went in for health screenings today p>
Winter only said, “Oh. I saw the news about his engagement p>
“You don’t feel anything about it?” William leaned back in his seat. “You don’t even have to guess. Zac is being forced into it. The person he likes is you p>
The words “being forced into it” made Winter think of Chris.
Back then, Chris had also been “forced” to marry her.
In the end, he had fooled her with a fake marriage certificate.
For a moment, she drifted off.
By the time she came back to herself, the car was already heading toward her apartment.
She was about to say something when she suddenly spotted a Maybach parked up ahead.
Zion had no choice but to stop the car.
Winter recognized it at once.
It was Zac’s car.
“He’s here for you.” William saw Zac step out of the car as well and asked, “Do you want to see him p>
As soon as he finished speaking, Winter’s phone rang.
The caller ID showed Zac’s name.
William glanced at her screen. “If you don’t want to see him, then we won’t. If he tries to block us, I’ll ram his car out of the way p>
Winter knew William meant it. He had even dared to crash into Chris’s car on the road.
Beside the car across from them, Zac stood with his phone in his hand, watching the unanswered call screen. Then he looked up at their car.
It had been less than a month, but Zac looked even thinner than he had during the holidays. The weather was warm today, somewhere in the high sixties, yet he was wearing only a thin white shirt. When the wind blew, the fabric pressed against his waist, making him look even leaner.
The call ended automatically. Winter still didn’t answer.
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Zac looked down at the dark screen, and his bloodshot eyes, worn from several sleepless nights, seemed to dim
with it.
William frowned as he looked at Zac, who seemed like he was on the verge of falling apart.
After a moment, William turned to Winter and said, “Get out and talk to him. Clear the air. Otherwise, if this unrequited love turns into an obsession, it will only torture him even more p>
Just as Zac looked up at the car again, the rear door finally opened.
When he saw Winter step out, Zac couldn’t help striding toward her.
But he stopped a few steps away.
He knew that after the engagement news went public, he was no longer the same Zac Davis he had been before. He was now a man engaged to another woman.
He shouldn’t have come to see Winter at all.
But he couldn’t help it.
He wanted to see her.
“Zac, are your injuries all healed?” Winter asked, stopping where she stood.
Zac’s throat felt dry. His hands clenched into fists at his sides, his knuckles tight.
He gave a quiet hum. “They’re healed p>
Silence fell between them. Everything around them was still.
Zac looked at the woman he had once wanted to protect for the rest of his life.
He had lost to Chris.
Chris had gone after his father not only because of Winter, but also because he wanted to use this chance to force Zac to face reality.
To make him see the gap between them clearly.
To make him understand which one of them was truly more capable of keeping Winter by his side.
“Winnie p>
They were in public, and his status had changed. Zac forced himself to hold back the urge to pull her into his arms.
A bitter smile touched his lips. “Do you think I’m pathetic p>
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